Want to buy a Denon POA-A1HD. Where to find it in Europe?

All euro versions are Premium Silver, you will not find a different color for 220volts.

Best guess is to call Denon A1 dealers and see if they still have them in their demo rooms and want to sell them for a sweet price.

Daniel.

PS: Its a pity they are not sold more since i would love to pick up a second one at some point

step back and take a deep breath...

passively bi-amping ia not going to give you any more power to the speakers...

the susano is very robust... in order to make any significant difference, you would need to start with 400wpc... think "big monoblocks"... and even 400 wpcwould only get you another 3db...


those speakers are VERY efficient... i find it very unlikely that you need "more power"... very unlikely...

He could also use the POA to create 5 bridged channels. I get your point just wanted to point out there is a way to get more power about 330watts/8ohms and 500watts in 4ohms with peaks higher given the bridge nature.

As a owner of a POA i do agree that there are many more amps that can do what the POA can i would replace the pre/pro first or add nice cheaper amps

Daniel.

Denon will stop making highend (like the A1 line). The current A1 line was released in 2008 and about to be end of line. Within D&M denon will be lowend and midrange and marantz more highend. I just wanted to help and point you where you might still find poa's if you really want one.

Daniel.

^^^^

true...

that being said, it's unlikely he's using very much power to begin with...

^^^

if you really saw my point, you'd realize that the susano will deliver more power than you could ever possibly use with those speakers...

i owned one... i'm well aware of what it is capable of...

The avc is not a avp never was.

Daniel.

So i guess you found a POA to buy. (edit: seems a few posts are removed but ill leave this post anywhere for the nice pictures ).

We still think its overkill for these speakers probably and the POA is not the cheapest way to get clean power to these 3 fronts (and i say this as a long time POA owner) but if you want to go for overkill why not BI-AMP and Bridge the fronts (seems the speakers can handle this but check to make sure). for 600watts per speaker with 1200watt peaks

so

2 amps bridged for LEFT high
2 amps bridged for LEFT low

2 amp bridges for the center

2 amps bridged for RIGHT high
2 amps bridged for RIGHT low

making 10 total, not sure if the pre/pro allows this like the avp does since that would be easiest.

Example from a avp/poa owner :




Edited by danielo - 11/1/12 at 9:03am

Why not have a go at the Emotiva XPR-5? It has a 3,300 VA transformer, sports 180,000 microFarad storage reserve and does 5 x 400 Watt / 8 ohm with ease. All this for about 2,300 euros including shipping and duties. If you don't like it, you will have no trouble selling it on (or you can send it back).

I bought one in anticipation of our HT build and tried it with both my Jamo R909, which are good for peaks up to 800 Watts / 4 ohm. Perfect match.

It has a switch on the back for 230 Volt. 16A dedicated is recommended with 230Volt. It comes with a thick USA powercord. I simply replaced the plug for a pro-grade Belgian plug.

http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/amplifiers/products/xpr5

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i would suggest, if you still think you need "more power", that you choose "pro audio" equipment to get that power, rather than "boutique"... it will be FAR cheaper, and work as well, if not better....

the susano is a fine unit, as noted earlier, i owned one...

your speakers are extraordinarily efficient... it is unlikely that you are ever using much more than 1 watt...

Hello Danielo
do you have 2 POA's ?
Tks

Giuseppe

Nope i only have a 7.2 setup. i bridge the 3 fronts and use single for the sides thats more than enough for me.

Daniel.

1) i assume its a powered sub so i would say the SC-LX90 as before

2) use the RCA Inputs, check the manual how to select them

3) i would bridge 3 channels (so 6 amps) for the 3 fronts (L/C/R). and use the 4 amps left for the surrounds. I personally would not use the SC-LX90 at first.

Later you could try to use 4 amps on the 2 fronts if you want to reuse the amps in the PIO but i would first the layout most of us POA owners use.

just my 2cents.

Congrats, after all the trouble you had finding it!!! If no secret, where did you get it from? Europe, USA, Moon, Mars?

Thats a loaded question. The general wishdom is that for small distances using RCA over XLR is not a big deal between pre/pro's and amps. In case of the POA and a AVP its a little more
complex since they are designed to be fully balanced and the avp also has a 100% separate powersection for its xlr's making is super clean.

How much effect this all has is anyones guess the only thing i can say is that the combo has a extremely low noise level.

Daniel.